Adolescent Services Network

 

G-CAPP hosts quarterly Adolescent Services Network (ASN) meetings for youth advocates and service providers to share information and coordinate policy efforts. The meetings focus on networking, strategic planning and brainstorming, and feature speakers and special presentations about adolescent services issues in Georgia. For more information about ASN, click here.

Resources for Adolescent Service Providers

 

Visit the G-CAPP Links Page for links to organizations and agencies that provide useful information on adolescent health and pregnancy prevention.

Resources for Graduation Coaches and School Officials

 

Preventing teen pregnancy and promoting high school graduation go hand in hand. Pregnancy is a top reason for high school drop out among adolescent girls, and girls who drop out are more likely to become pregnant as teenagers. For more information, download and print this G-CAPP Policy Brief, Teen Pregnancy and School Success.

 

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Victoria Rowell, star of day-time soap opera Young and the Restless and nighttime drama star with Dick Van Dyke in Diagnosis Murder has written a memoir about her life as a foster child and the many men and women that parented and mentored her to become the amazing women that she is today. For more information visit, rowellfosterchildren.org.

 

The National Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy’s "Putting What Works to Work" site - which translates research on teen pregnancy prevention and related issues into user-friendly materials for practitioners, policymakers, and advocates.

 

Advocates for Youth’s Tips for Health Care Providers: Helping Teens and Parents with Sexual Health Needs.

Georgia Department of Community Health provides information on working to improve health and access to care in Georgia, including Medicaid.

 

Georgia Department of Human Resources (DHR) Division of Public Health provides information on public health in Georgia.

 

PeachCare provides information on free or low-cost health information for Georgia's children.

 

Resource Center for Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention provides practical tools and information to effectively reduce sexual risk-taking behaviors.